hi guys,
i just wanted to hear you guys' thooughts about some of the issues with my golf at the moment.. the list isnt too long but feel free to give me your advice...
all of my problems are in the suspension/steering.
firstly, like i posted elswhere recently, i get a griding/high frequency knocking kind of noise under acceleration, only ever off the clutch, and usually whilst turning (pulling onto roads from a stop etc.) im pretty sure this is a cv joint problem. it happens on both sides independently, and sometimes both together. sounds very much like it comes from the outer cv joints. as far as cv boots go, all are ok except one, which is the drivers outer, and should be replaced i know... there isnt a lot of grease everywhere though.. maybe that means its all gone anyway :roll: the job doesnt phase me, i've worked on all parts of the golf, and im confident at doing pretty much everything... but can anyone give me a rough estimate of how much im going to need to fork out for 2 new outer cv joints?
steering - a few weeks back i was unpleasantly surprised to find my steering feel like it has "seized". i could still turn it, accompanied by a grinding noise which sounded like it came from the column bearings, however this problem was intermittent, so that it would stick, then i could turn it and it would be normal again. later on after pulling it to bits i found the steering column bearings to be fine..
with the car sitting on its wheels i found that if i tried to turn the steering wheel (this is with the car stopped) there would be a degree of resistance before the steering would "jolt" and the steering wheel would allow anoth 10deg or so of turn without the wheels on the ground moving, before it took up again.
i put the car on the jacks and inpected the steering rack, and when i pulled back the boot on the rack end, i could see the rack step forwards a little when a friend caused it to "jolt" from inside the car... this scared me a bit.
i found that the steering rack has "adjustment" and so following direction in the haynes, proceeded to adjust the rack so that the pinion is now in a clearly closer position to the rack than before. this has fixed the siezing problem and the steering has good feel now, however there is a small amount of free play at the center of the steering which is not hazardous but does decrease from my "driving pleasure" im wondering, is my steering rack just badly worn, and do you think that the problem before was due to the bad waer and the steering not being adjusted properly?
cheers
aydan
with the car standing on its wheels i was able to
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